enow.com Web Search

Search results

1. Results from the WOW.Com Content Network

2. Wheelchair cushion - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wheelchair_cushion

   Wheelchair cushions are cushions specifically designed to provide comfort and protection against injury for wheelchair users. They also aid in properly positioning the user in the correct posture. Wheelchair users are at great risk for pressure sores. [1] A number of factors are included in the formation of these ulcers including:

3. Pressure ulcer - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pressure_ulcer

   Pressure ulcers most commonly develop in individuals who are not moving about, such as those who are on chronic bedrest or consistently use a wheelchair. It is widely believed that other factors can influence the tolerance of skin for pressure and shear, thereby increasing the risk of pressure ulcer development.

4. Wheelchair - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wheelchair

   Prior to 1970, little was known about the effectiveness of wheelchair cushions and there was not a clinical method of evaluating wheelchair seat cushions. Most recently, pressure imaging (or pressure mapping) is used to help determine each individual's pressure distribution to properly determine and fit a seating system.

5. Sheepskin - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sheepskin

   Sheepskin is used to produce sheepskin leather products [2] and soft wool-lined clothing or coverings, including gloves, hats, slippers, footstools, automotive seat covers, baby and knee rugs and pelts. Sheepskin numnahs, saddle pads, saddle seat covers, sheepskin horse boots, tack linings and girth tubes are also made and used in equestrianism ...

6. Assistive technology - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assistive_technology

   For example, wheelchairs provide independent mobility for those who cannot walk, while assistive eating devices can enable people who cannot feed themselves to do so. Due to assistive technology, disabled people have an opportunity of a more positive and easygoing lifestyle, with an increase in "social participation", "security and control ...

7. Hans Wegner - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hans_Wegner

   The metal, rope, and sheepskin chair is an unusual, but not unprecedented, break from Wegners prolific use of wood. Getama (PP Møbler) 1950 Papa Bear Chair (AP19) An upholstered armchair with exposed wood hand rests that evoke a bear's paws. Sometimes referred to as the Teddy Bear Chair. A.P. Stolen (PP Møbler) 1951 Sawhorse Easy Chair